Liquid crystals (LCs) are a fascinating class of materials exhibiting a range of phases intermediate between liquid and crystalline. Smectic LCs consist of elongated molecules ar- ranged in a periodic stack (along z) of liquid like lay-ers. In the smectic-A (Sm-A) phase, the average molecular long axis (director) points along z. In the smectic-C (Sm-C) phase, it is tilted relative to z, thus picking out a special direction within the layers. Typically, the Sm-A * to Sm-C * transition will occur as temperature is decreased. In chiral smectics (Sm-*A or Sm-C*) it is possible to induce director titling (i.e. the Sm-C * phase) from the Sm-A * phase via the application of an electric field. This is known as the bulk electroclinic effect (BECE). ...
Most early theoretical studies of smectic liquid crystals exclude variations in the interlayer spaci...
Most early theoretical studies of smectic liquid crystals exclude variations in the interlayer spaci...
The SmA phase is obtained after cooling of a strongly deformed planar nematic CBOOA. This phase firs...
Chiral, smectic liquid crystal molecules align in layers and can be controlled by the application of...
Chiral, smectic liquid crystal molecules align in layers and can be controlled by the application of...
Liquid crystal systems show strong responses to small changes in both temperature and electric field...
This thesis explores some of the important mechanisms for switching in smectic liquid crystals. It i...
Liquid crystal systems show strong responses to small changes in both temperature and electric field...
Liquid crystals is a class of materials possessing properties from both solids and fluids. Similar t...
Chiral liquid crystals often exhibit periodic modulations in the molecular director; in particular, ...
The two main classes of liquid-crystal (LC) phases of rodlike molecules are nematics, where the rods...
We analyze the surface electroclinic effect (SECE) in a material that exhibits a first-order bulk sm...
Most early theoretical studies of smectic liquid crystals exclude variations in the interlayer spaci...
Most early theoretical studies of smectic liquid crystals exclude variations in the interlayer spaci...
The SmA phase is obtained after cooling of a strongly deformed planar nematic CBOOA. This phase firs...
Most early theoretical studies of smectic liquid crystals exclude variations in the interlayer spaci...
Most early theoretical studies of smectic liquid crystals exclude variations in the interlayer spaci...
The SmA phase is obtained after cooling of a strongly deformed planar nematic CBOOA. This phase firs...
Chiral, smectic liquid crystal molecules align in layers and can be controlled by the application of...
Chiral, smectic liquid crystal molecules align in layers and can be controlled by the application of...
Liquid crystal systems show strong responses to small changes in both temperature and electric field...
This thesis explores some of the important mechanisms for switching in smectic liquid crystals. It i...
Liquid crystal systems show strong responses to small changes in both temperature and electric field...
Liquid crystals is a class of materials possessing properties from both solids and fluids. Similar t...
Chiral liquid crystals often exhibit periodic modulations in the molecular director; in particular, ...
The two main classes of liquid-crystal (LC) phases of rodlike molecules are nematics, where the rods...
We analyze the surface electroclinic effect (SECE) in a material that exhibits a first-order bulk sm...
Most early theoretical studies of smectic liquid crystals exclude variations in the interlayer spaci...
Most early theoretical studies of smectic liquid crystals exclude variations in the interlayer spaci...
The SmA phase is obtained after cooling of a strongly deformed planar nematic CBOOA. This phase firs...
Most early theoretical studies of smectic liquid crystals exclude variations in the interlayer spaci...
Most early theoretical studies of smectic liquid crystals exclude variations in the interlayer spaci...
The SmA phase is obtained after cooling of a strongly deformed planar nematic CBOOA. This phase firs...